#C1BC59#C1BC59

#C1BC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.122 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1BC59
RGB	rgb(193, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -11.39, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 51.24, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0341 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.122 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7799, 48.0264, 16.5185)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1BC59 #595EC1

analogous

#C18859 #C1BC59 #92C159

triadic

#C1BC59 #59C1BC #BC59C1

tetradic

#C1BC59 #59C188 #595EC1 #C15992

square

#C1BC59 #59C188 #595EC1 #C15992

split-complementary

#C1BC59 #5992C1 #8859C1

monochromatic

#74712B #A19C3C #C1BC59 #D2CE86 #E2E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C1BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#C1BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1BC59

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1BC59	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.122 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d08b',
    500: '#c1bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1bc59;
$custom-light: #d6d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77917,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1BC59

secondary

#A5A7D1

accent

#59D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1BC59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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